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nitrohigito t1_j7ax9h5 wrote
Reply to comment by trumpcovfefe in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
>to hack into any speaker or microphone
aren't most speakers and microphones analog?
if they are digital, won't they all be running wildly different software stacks, with all kinds of versions, forks, and configurations?
lilchoiboy18 t1_j7ax3y7 wrote
Reply to comment by trumpcovfefe in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
Was the project funded by Bruce Wayne?
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Reply to comment by MrsKittenHeel in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
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metametamind t1_j7avb1l wrote
Or, ya know, go on a murder-bit killing spree.
Hairy_Introduction_4 t1_j7av5sw wrote
So could tracking the money of the elite!
needlesfox OP t1_j7amuqw wrote
Reply to comment by Far_Particular_430 in Samsung's S23s don't have an answer to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite by needlesfox
There have been at least five comments like this and I don’t understand how many people are making the same mistake. https://reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/10rczg2/_/j6yrndz/?context=1
Far_Particular_430 t1_j7amhu1 wrote
You mean they can’t send out false 911 calls like the iPhone?
nicuramar t1_j7aknzo wrote
Reply to comment by Remy-today in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
The system in that movie is clearly far more advanced than a drone with ultrasound.
nicuramar t1_j7aklcl wrote
Reply to comment by PredictableEmphasis in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
So 300,000 people in the US.
nicuramar t1_j7ak2v3 wrote
Reply to comment by trumpcovfefe in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
> MIT also figured out how to hack into any speaker or microphone to map a room without the people inside knowing.
I bet that if one finds the source for this, there are a number of caveats and limitations that didn’t make it into your summary :)
The_Synthax t1_j7ajwtn wrote
How is this different from the widely used ultrasonic sensors that hobbyist robots and like all modern vehicles use?
trumpcovfefe t1_j7ai8db wrote
Reply to comment by ToAlphaCentauriGuy in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
That has existed for a looooooong time.
MIT also figured out how to hack into any speaker or microphone to map a room without the people inside knowing.
Zhaguar t1_j7ahfdz wrote
Oh dear that's how skynet finds us
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Automatic_Llama t1_j7aela0 wrote
I've been hearing about exciting new ways robots might be used to find people my entire life.
MrsKittenHeel t1_j7aebke wrote
Reply to comment by p-skow in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
Add a razor and this is an exterminator
AideAdvanced6018 t1_j7adflj wrote
Which in turn release the nano drones which act as mosquitoes for whatever new virus they want to sell drugs for next. They could kill you, but why waste the potential income? /s
WillzyxandOnandOn t1_j7acfo4 wrote
Reply to comment by PredictableEmphasis in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
Have you ever been truly lost, man?
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Reply to comment by Falconflyer75 in Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
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ackillesBAC t1_j7a7ov5 wrote
Reply to comment by tren_rivard in ‘iPhones are made in hell’: 3 months inside China’s iPhone city - Workers describe a peak production season marred by labor protests and Covid-19 chaos, right as Apple reconsiders its China supply chain. by speckz
I said if you want more money. There's a big difference between working 8 hours to barely survive and working 4 hours to barely survive.
If you equate money to happiness then you can work 3 or 4 jobs if you want. If you equate free time, family, friends, hobbies yada yada with happiness you can work one job 4 hours a day. It's your choice and that's the point.
bkubicek t1_j7a7nrw wrote
Drone: "e e cho" Missing person: "e k cho"
DarkGengar94 t1_j7a5iec wrote
It could be used to hunt people
PredictableEmphasis t1_j7a5h6s wrote
This is the flimsiest spin I’ve ever seen on a product clearly developed explicitly for the surveillance state. “Lost people” is a made up problem lmao. Less than 0.1% of the populace gets truly lost.
TheseLipsSinkShips t1_j79ws1h wrote
Or dissidents marked for assassination?
BPMMPB t1_j7aybve wrote
Reply to Echolocation could give small robots the ability to find lost people by thebelsnickle1991
It’s always an innocuous use case, then law enforcement buys them.